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Firekeeper's Daughter
- Auteur(s): Angeline Boulley
- Narrateur(s): Isabella Star LaBlanc
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
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Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.
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Trigger Warning Please!
- Écrit par Kali Bomberry le 2021-04-21
- Firekeeper's Daughter
- Auteur(s): Angeline Boulley
- Narrateur(s): Isabella Star LaBlanc
Amazing book, poor audio quality
Évalué le: 2023-01-27
A beautiful story for readers of all ages and backgrounds. Something for everyone — part history & culture lesson, part coming-of-age novel, part mystery, part romance. The narration was terrific, but the recording quality was terrible — it sounded like it was recorded on AirPods.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- Auteur(s): Trevor Noah
- Narrateur(s): Trevor Noah
- Durée: 8 h et 44 min
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In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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Superb
- Écrit par Amazons Best Customer le 2017-11-10
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- Auteur(s): Trevor Noah
- Narrateur(s): Trevor Noah
Eye-opening
Évalué le: 2023-01-15
Not knowing much about the history of South Africa or apartheid going into this, it was a super eye-opening and informative read. Trevor Noah’s narration was amazing, although sometimes the voices he did for women and children felt a little silly. He strikes me as an incredibly well-adjusted person (especially despite what he’s been through) who views his past with great clarity and wisdom. I appreciated his clear-eyed, honest view of the past — he doesn’t make excuses or tiptoe around the less flattering details, and he doesn’t try to make any of the people he talks about fit neatly into a box of “good” or “bad.” I was expecting some more recent stories, like how he broke into comedy, when he moved to the States, etc. but overall wasn’t disappointed.
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Eat a Peach
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): David Chang, Gabe Ulla
- Narrateur(s): David Chang
- Durée: 9 h et 6 min
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From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious—an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. Full of grace, candor, grit, and humor, Eat a Peach chronicles David Chang’s switchback path. Along the way, Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry’s history of brutishness and its uncertain future.
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The journey is everything
- Écrit par J. G. le 2024-07-03
- Eat a Peach
- A Memoir
- Auteur(s): David Chang, Gabe Ulla
- Narrateur(s): David Chang
Meh
Évalué le: 2023-01-05
I was really looking forward to this — I love memoirs, especially those narrated by their authors. I’m interested in food, the restaurant industry, and mental health, so I was sure this would be a hit, but it fell seriously flat.
Firstly, while I understand he’s not a professional narrator/voice actor or even author, David Chang’s narration made this such a difficult listen. He reads it as though he didn’t even write the book himself — like he doesn’t know what’s coming next or what intonation the sentence was intended to have. His timing and emphasis is all off and gave me flashbacks to the second-hand embarrassment of listening to other kids being forced to read aloud in front of the class.
The story jumps back and forth way too much and never gives sufficient context or info when it does, so I felt constantly lost and somewhat disengaged. Maybe it was because of said disengagement, but I don’t really feel like there were any interesting or clear takeaways or themes, either.
Finally, despite acknowledging his shortcomings throughout, I found his overall attitude to be off-putting — arrogant and cold. Sad to say I didn’t really get anything from this book.
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The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- Auteur(s): John Green
- Narrateur(s): John Green
- Durée: 10 h et 42 min
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The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, best-selling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale - from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar.
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Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed.
- Écrit par Josh Ruberg le 2021-06-03
- The Anthropocene Reviewed
- Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- Auteur(s): John Green
- Narrateur(s): John Green
Perfect collection of essays on human life
Évalué le: 2023-01-01
John Green is as insightful, warm, and captivating as ever. I can't believe it's taken him this long to start writing non-fiction; he's a total natural. This collection of essays on the human condition is both thought-provoking and highly accessible — it gives you so much to think about without ever making you feel dumb. John's artfully crafted prose is concise, packed with imagery and information, and rolls off his tongue in the most eloquent way. I disagree with other reviewers who said some essays were depressing — I felt well taken care of during even the bleakest of topics, and each one was well balanced with a note of hope and an uplifting essay to follow. His narration takes a bit of getting used to if you're not already familiar with his voice, but once you do, it's very soothing. This book ended too soon — I'll be revisiting it again, I'm sure.
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